Steve The Sheriff
Hidden Object Games, Puzzle Games November 12th, 2008
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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In the prosperous city of Neptuneville, Steve The Sheriff upholds the law unlike any other lawmaker in town. However, when there is peace, crime will definitely not stay restless for long and that’s why this law-upholding lobster will have to muster enough courage to stop criminals once again in this hidden object Big Fish Games exclusive.
Steve The Sheriff is the main man in Neptuneville’s police force. He kept the streets safe from criminals for a long time, and people are already used to the security he provides. However, the criminals lurking in the shadows won’t stay still for very long, and in just one night, they struck and stole various items symbolizing the town’s prosperity and image. Steve has to go out and recover all the lost items, and you as the player will have to help him fulfill this quest.
The mechanics of this hidden object game is just like most games in its genre where you are tasked to find hidden objects on crowded scenery. Items are listed on the left side of your screen and all you have to do is to find them all to finish each level. Sometimes you’re tasked to compare two same scenes too and find a set amount of differences between them. And while these mechanics are not unique at all in terms of games of this type, what’s cool about the gameplay is how Steve sometimes appears on your screen to stress out the importance of a particular item when you find stuff worth noting, and thus, moving the story forward.
Finding items in Steve The Sheriff involves chancing upon inventory items too. Inventory items can be used to interact with the game’s background and will unlock another hidden item necessary to complete the level. Each level will have you collect several items also, and most of the time, after completing the list, you’ll go play a mini-game involving the use of the items you collected.
The game is really presented well with well illustrated cartoon visuals and sceneries of underwater rooms and buildings. The gameplay is very smooth; in fact, you can even earn bonus points for achieving multiple fast-finds. The characters are well-drawn and I find many of them quite funny and some to be very weird too. However at first, I did find the detective music slow and boring, but after realizing that this is in fact a detective game, well then I guess it blends perfectly to the theme of the adventure.
Steve The Sheriff also has a unique gameplay feature where you can magnify your vision by using the right-click of the mouse. This certainly helps when pixel-finding through the areas, but with the distinguishable items, I find less use for this feature. Not that I find it useless of course.
The story is pretty well-made too but don’t expect a very deep storyline, just your usual detective doing his job, and doing it very well with your help.
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